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diff --git a/openssl-1.1.0h/doc/crypto/DSA_set_method.pod b/openssl-1.1.0h/doc/crypto/DSA_set_method.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d870f56 --- /dev/null +++ b/openssl-1.1.0h/doc/crypto/DSA_set_method.pod @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +DSA_set_default_method, DSA_get_default_method, +DSA_set_method, DSA_new_method, DSA_OpenSSL - select DSA method + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + #include <openssl/dsa.h> + + void DSA_set_default_method(const DSA_METHOD *meth); + + const DSA_METHOD *DSA_get_default_method(void); + + int DSA_set_method(DSA *dsa, const DSA_METHOD *meth); + + DSA *DSA_new_method(ENGINE *engine); + + DSA_METHOD *DSA_OpenSSL(void); + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +A B<DSA_METHOD> specifies the functions that OpenSSL uses for DSA +operations. By modifying the method, alternative implementations +such as hardware accelerators may be used. IMPORTANT: See the NOTES section for +important information about how these DSA API functions are affected by the use +of B<ENGINE> API calls. + +Initially, the default DSA_METHOD is the OpenSSL internal implementation, +as returned by DSA_OpenSSL(). + +DSA_set_default_method() makes B<meth> the default method for all DSA +structures created later. +B<NB>: This is true only whilst no ENGINE has +been set as a default for DSA, so this function is no longer recommended. +This function is not thread-safe and should not be called at the same time +as other OpenSSL functions. + +DSA_get_default_method() returns a pointer to the current default +DSA_METHOD. However, the meaningfulness of this result is dependent on +whether the ENGINE API is being used, so this function is no longer +recommended. + +DSA_set_method() selects B<meth> to perform all operations using the key +B<rsa>. This will replace the DSA_METHOD used by the DSA key and if the +previous method was supplied by an ENGINE, the handle to that ENGINE will +be released during the change. It is possible to have DSA keys that only +work with certain DSA_METHOD implementations (eg. from an ENGINE module +that supports embedded hardware-protected keys), and in such cases +attempting to change the DSA_METHOD for the key can have unexpected +results. See L<DSA_meth_new> for information on constructing custom DSA_METHOD +objects; + +DSA_new_method() allocates and initializes a DSA structure so that B<engine> +will be used for the DSA operations. If B<engine> is NULL, the default engine +for DSA operations is used, and if no default ENGINE is set, the DSA_METHOD +controlled by DSA_set_default_method() is used. + +=head1 RETURN VALUES + +DSA_OpenSSL() and DSA_get_default_method() return pointers to the respective +B<DSA_METHOD>s. + +DSA_set_default_method() returns no value. + +DSA_set_method() returns non-zero if the provided B<meth> was successfully set as +the method for B<dsa> (including unloading the ENGINE handle if the previous +method was supplied by an ENGINE). + +DSA_new_method() returns NULL and sets an error code that can be +obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)> if the allocation +fails. Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<dsa(3)>, L<DSA_new(3)>, L<DSA_meth_new(3)> + +=head1 COPYRIGHT + +Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. + +Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use +this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy +in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at +L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. + +=cut |